| "I own a thirty-year-old car for two reasons; I love the simplicity and the attention, period. " |
As any historian will tell you, in 1989 the bottom fell out. Shortly there
after, every classic car-for-sale publication contained over inflated priced
advertisements for classic cars. The "investors" had learned a valuable lesson
and wanted out.So, there is one example as to why vintage cars are purchased outside the "nostalgia" theory. Another would be my own personal reason. It has nothing to do with my early youth. Yes, a thirty-year-old car that I drive would be one of the vehicles from my youth. However, my particular youth is not one that I would prefer to re-live. No, I did not grow-up in a hostile environment; I just had as bumpy an adolescents and early adulthood as anyone did that did not have a Trust Fund. I own a thirty-year-old car for two reasons; I love the simplicity and the attention, period. I have always, for better or worse, been a tinker. I have taken anything and everything apart, occasionally, successful in the re-assembly. I love the fact that my vehicle contains no mysteries. As for the "attention", well I have been a career show-off and driving a generic car would severely hamper my own perception of my coolness. That's honest anyway. In my humble opinion, the notion that owning a classic car is the result of some need to re-live the past is pure fiction. Perhaps there are folks who did purchase a particular vintage car for that exact reason. Well maybe, but I think driving it in a parade or pulling into a Car Show or just driving it to the convenience store is a far more realistic reason for the purchase.  webmaster@mydailydriver.com |
